Buck Leonard - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Buck Leonard

Walter Fenner Leonard

Born: September 8, 1907 in Rocky Mount, NC
Died: November 27, 1997 in Rocky Mount, NC
(90 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 185

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972
Buried: Garden of Gethsemane Cemetery (Rocky Mount, NC)
Relatives: Charlie Leonard (Brother)
Played in the Minor Leagues

Fielding

Glossary

First Base

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Lg	RF	Lg	Runs	Rate	Range
1945	HG	NN2	37	40	40	351.2	422	17	4	24	.991	.978	11.24	10.62	5.4	15.5	5.4
1937	HG	NN2	29	42	42	372.1	444	27	6	21	.987	.987	11.38	10.95	4.7	12.5	4.7
1946	HG	NN2	38	50	50	415.0	487	20	8	30	.984	.978	11.00	10.48	4.1	9.8	4.1
1941	HG	NN2	33	57	57	485.2	590	28	6	32	.990	.982	11.45	10.90	3.7	7.7	3.7
1944	HG	NN2	36	50	50	440.1	542	30	3	31	.995	.981	11.69	11.00	3.7	8.4	3.7
1947	HG	NN2	39	33	33	271.1	295	12	2	9	.994	.982	10.18	10.17	3.4	12.6	3.4
1935	HG	NN2	27	40	40	332.0	379	15	6	28	.985	.983	10.68	10.46	3.2	9.8	3.2
1948	HG	NN2	40	37	35	297.2	349	16	9	18	.976	.983	11.04	10.17	2.8	9.3	2.8
1939	HG	NN2	31	32	32	270.2	324	12	2	19	.994	.989	11.17	10.63	2.3	8.3	2.3
1938	HG	NN2	30	43	43	361.1	451	13	4	22	.991	.985	11.56	10.78	2.1	5.8	2.1
1936	HG	NN2	28	35	35	300.1	347	18	4	26	.989	.982	10.94	10.47	1.4	4.6	1.4
1940	HG	NN2	32	54	54	449.0	568	21	5	31	.992	.985	11.81	10.86	1.2	2.7	1.2
1948	HG	NLC	40	4	4	34.0	36	2	1	0	.974	.987	10.06	9.91	1.1	31.8	1.1
1946	EAS	EWA	38	2	2	17.0	15	2	1	1	.944	.946	9.00	9.26	0.9	52.7	0.9
1944	EAS	EWA	36	1	1	8.0	12	1	1	0	.929	.962	14.63	13.24	0.8	97.4	0.8
1938	EAS	EWA	30	1	1	8.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	12.38	11.65	0.7	84.1	0.7
1945	NOS	NSA	37	1	1	9.0	11	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	13.00	11.00	0.6	62.9	0.6
1937	EAS	EWA	29	1	1	9.0	14	0	1	1	.933	.889	14.00	12.00	0.4	46.9	0.4
1943	EAS	EWA	35	1	1	8.0	11	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	14.63	13.24	0.4	50.6	0.4
1941	HG	NLC	33	1	1	9.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	14.00	10.50	0.3	33.7	0.3
1935	WES	EWA	27	1	0	5.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	.955	9.00	8.72	0.2	48.0	0.2
1943	HG	NN2	35	68	68	569.1	645	32	12	43	.983	.979	10.70	10.47	0.2	0.4	0.2
1933	BRG	IND	25	1	1	9.0	11	0	0	1	1.000	.983	11.00	10.41	0.1	16.5	0.1
1945	HG	WS	37	4	4	34.0	47	3	1	1	.980	.991	13.24	13.63	0.1	4.3	0.1
1944	HG	WS	36	5	5	45.0	48	3	3	3	.944	.962	10.20	10.31	0.1	2.0	0.1
1948	EAS	EWA	40	1	1	8.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.972	4.50	9.26	0.1	7.4	0.1
1939	EAS	EWA	31	2	2	17.0	16	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	9.53	8.74	0.0	2.8	0.0
1939	HG	NLP	31	2	2	17.0	18	1	0	1	1.000	.992	10.06	10.93	-0.1	-3.4	-0.1
1943	NNS	NLA	35	1	1	9.0	10	0	1	0	.909	.952	10.00	10.59	-0.2	-16.8	-0.2
1938	NAS	NAA	30	1	1	9.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	.976	10.00	9.82	-0.2	-22.9	-0.2
1943	HG	WS	35	7	7	69.2	86	2	0	5	1.000	.988	11.37	10.88	-0.3	-4.7	-0.3
1942	HG	WS	34	4	4	36.0	47	1	1	3	.980	.989	12.00	10.75	-0.3	-9.3	-0.3
1940	EAS	EWA	32	1	1	9.0	13	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	13.00	11.00	-0.4	-41.3	-0.4
1945	EAS	EWA	37	1	1	8.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	15.75	14.82	-0.5	-60.0	-0.5
1941	EAS	EWA	33	1	1	9.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	9.00	9.00	-0.6	-65.1	-0.6
1948	HG	WS	40	2	2	18.0	16	2	0	2	1.000	1.000	9.00	11.57	-0.7	-38.7	-0.7
1939	HG	NLC	31	5	4	36.0	50	1	0	2	1.000	.991	12.75	11.96	-0.9	-25.5	-0.9
1942	HG	NN2	34	38	38	304.1	330	17	4	12	.989	.982	10.26	10.51	-2.2	-7.3	-2.2
1934	HG	IND	26	20	20	172.2	188	7	6	8	.970	.980	10.16	10.76	-4.0	-23.4	-4.0
16	7			690	686	5834.1	6887	311	91	377	.988	.982	11.10	10.66	33.7	5.8	33.7

Glossary

Pinch Hitter

Year	Team	Lg	Age	G
1935	WES	EWA	27	1
1947	HG	NN2	39	2
2	2			3

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